Between travel and illness it's been over a month since my last publishing news post. Yikes! But time for another publishing news and industry blogs post, this one covering 10/6-11/11/16--I'll try to stick to the highlights so it's not too overwhelming.
Publishing News
It's NaNoWriMo time again.
The Authors Guild introduces a new level of membership for writers actively pursuing publication. It's a non-voting membership but offers resources to writers following non-traditional publishing paths or still in the earliest stages of their careers.
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) has voted in approval to combine with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). IDPF would no longer be a standalone organization, and its intellectual property, including ePUB file format standard, would become W3C's, which is causing some controversy. At this point, it is still possible for the merger to be rejected if the terms are not favorable.
The new Librarian of Congress has started making staffing changes at the Copyright Office.
Back in August, a major shipping company filed for bankruptcy, and the fallout is interfering with book shipping (and other shipping) as dozens of ships are stranded at sea or in the hands of creditors.
Most authors in the UK earn less than minimum wage, according to a study by the European Commission.
Bookish.com has been purchased by NetGalley.
Amazon Prime membership now includes access to a number of e-books.
Industry Blogs
Information about metadata by Rick Beardsley. What is it, how is it used, and how does it affect you?
GalleyCat brings you what you need to know about using Patreon to fund your long-term writing project.
Researchers have created a program that judges books by their cover.
On the Futuristic, Fantasy, and Paranormal blog, advice for writing villains we love to hate.
On QueryTracker, how to pick a good title.
Jessica Faust at Bookends suggests authors give their agents a chance to contemplate covers before sending an "I love it!" to the publisher or artist.
Janet Reid explains that multi-book deals pay the money as an advance, and why single-book deals aren't better. And why, with market saturations, agents still look for new clients--you have to write something fresh. She also explains that yes, publishers will see sales numbers, but there's a lot of sales that aren't in the sales numbers. She answers a question--if you turned down agent B to go with agent A but the book didn't sell and you broke it off with A, is it okay to go back to agent B? (Yes, but with a new book, and only if you didn't burn bridges.)
What other major publishing news have you encountered in the past month?
Publishing News
It's NaNoWriMo time again.
The Authors Guild introduces a new level of membership for writers actively pursuing publication. It's a non-voting membership but offers resources to writers following non-traditional publishing paths or still in the earliest stages of their careers.
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) has voted in approval to combine with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). IDPF would no longer be a standalone organization, and its intellectual property, including ePUB file format standard, would become W3C's, which is causing some controversy. At this point, it is still possible for the merger to be rejected if the terms are not favorable.
The new Librarian of Congress has started making staffing changes at the Copyright Office.
Back in August, a major shipping company filed for bankruptcy, and the fallout is interfering with book shipping (and other shipping) as dozens of ships are stranded at sea or in the hands of creditors.
Most authors in the UK earn less than minimum wage, according to a study by the European Commission.
Bookish.com has been purchased by NetGalley.
Amazon Prime membership now includes access to a number of e-books.
Industry Blogs
Information about metadata by Rick Beardsley. What is it, how is it used, and how does it affect you?
GalleyCat brings you what you need to know about using Patreon to fund your long-term writing project.
Researchers have created a program that judges books by their cover.
On the Futuristic, Fantasy, and Paranormal blog, advice for writing villains we love to hate.
On QueryTracker, how to pick a good title.
Jessica Faust at Bookends suggests authors give their agents a chance to contemplate covers before sending an "I love it!" to the publisher or artist.
Janet Reid explains that multi-book deals pay the money as an advance, and why single-book deals aren't better. And why, with market saturations, agents still look for new clients--you have to write something fresh. She also explains that yes, publishers will see sales numbers, but there's a lot of sales that aren't in the sales numbers. She answers a question--if you turned down agent B to go with agent A but the book didn't sell and you broke it off with A, is it okay to go back to agent B? (Yes, but with a new book, and only if you didn't burn bridges.)
What other major publishing news have you encountered in the past month?
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